Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Marihatag in Philippines

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Marihatag in Philippines. Event id: us6000qhna. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qhna. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/05/25 / 2025-05-19 23:11:20 / May 19, 2025 @ 11:11 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.4998 East, latitude 8.7187 North, depth = 32.404 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:11:20 / 11:11 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 32.404 km (20 miles).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). The epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Bayugan (c. 40 600 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Bah-Bah (c. 28 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from San Francisco (c. 18 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Trento (c. 15 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Loreto, Salvacion, Cantilan.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 24 km ESE of Marihatag, Philippines.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	126.4998° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	8.7187° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	32.404 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	24 km ESE of Marihatag, Philippines	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-05-19 23:11:20	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-06-11 00:58:52	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	284	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	38	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.875	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.75 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	125	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000qhna	Id of event.
Event Code	6000qhna	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000qhna,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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